Happy Friday!  I went back to an old post for this morning because I know there are a lot of readers who didn’t see Zesty’s twist on some homemade whole wheat pizza dough.  I can still remember sinking my teeth into this pizza – it was so memorable.  There is nothing like homemade dough in my opinion – whether it is pizza dough, pancakes, biscuits, galettes or cheese puffs.  I just feel it tastes better!  And honestly it is not that difficult to do in your own kitchen.  Have a look at this pizza and tell me what you think.

Ever feel like Pizza but do not want to leave the house or order delivery?  It happens to me the odd time.  There are not a lot of great pizza joints around here other than  – what I call the prefab chain pizza stores that really don’t taste the best.

So lately I have been experimenting with some homemade dough to kick things up a notch.  This dough recipe comes from Everyday Food by Martha Stewart.  I really enjoyed this recipe as it turned out really well.  For me pizza is all about the crust!  Toppings are good but I am a huge fan when it’s light on the toppings and sauce but heavy on the crust.

If you are interested in a new whole wheat pizza dough, I highly recommend this recipe.  It is very simple and produces a great texture.  I opted for a thin crust and left the pizza on the stone for a little crunch.  YUM!

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Hi ZestyCook readers!  I’m Kristen over at Simply Savor.  I’m thrilled to be Zesty’s guest while he’s away…also a little intimidated because his recipes are always so mouthwatering and appealing.

On the menu today is one of my favorite sweet treats:  Lowfat Whole Wheat Sour Cream Coffee Cake.

A year ago, the threat of Hurricane Gustav forced me to temporarily evacuate New Orleans (where I was attending school at the time).  I stayed with my roommate’s mom, and she introduced me to her delicious homemade sour cream coffee cake.  This recipe was both decadent and comforting, but not what many would consider “diet-friendly” (although that didn’t stop me from enjoying every bite).

Over in the Simply Savor kitchen, I believe that simple changes can yield significant results.  Here, I’ve healthified the original recipe without sacrificing flavor by subbing applesauce for butter, cutting the sugar in half, adding egg whites, using whole wheat flour and switching to low fat sour cream.  Hope you enjoy!

Ingredients

• ½ Cup unsweetened applesauce
• ¼ Cup sugar (or sweetener of your choice)
• ¼ Cup honey
• 1 egg, 2 egg whites
• ½ Tsp. vanilla
• 2 Cup whole wheat flour
• 1 Tsp. baking powder
• ¼ Tsp. salt
• 1 ½ Cup low fat sour cream or plain lowfat Greek yogurt

Crumbs

• ½ Cup. chopped pecans (or any nut of choice),
• ½ Tsp. cinnamon
• 3 Tbsp. brown sugar

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Mix sugar, honey, and applesauce together;
3. Add eggs one at a time.







4. Stir together flour, salt, baking powder.  Add flour mixture gradually to first mixture, alternating with sour cream (or yogurt) and ending with vanilla extract.









5. Mix ingredients for crumb mixture together and spray loaf pan/Bundt pan/angel food cake pan with cooking spray.



6. Put half of mixture in pan and sprinkle half of crumb mixture on top.



7. Pour rest of cake batter and top with crumb mixture.





8. Bake at 350 for about 1 hour or until inserted toothpick comes out clean.  Cool before removing from pan.  Cut yourself a delicious slice and simply savor!

Nutrition Info per slice: Serves 18.
Calories: 110 kcal  Fat: 2 g (0g sat/trans) Carbs: 20 g Fiber: 2 g Protein: 4 g

Thanks so much for a great recipe Kristen (Simply Savor).  Have a great Thursday everyone!

Take care

zesty